Blaise Pascal Trivia Quiz: A French Mathematician

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Blaise Pascal Trivia Quiz: A French Mathematician

Blaise Pascal was born in 1623 in France. He was a Catholic theologian and a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and writer. His father was a tax collector in Rouen and educated him as a young prodigy. Pascal's first mathematical work was on conic sections, and at the age of 16, he authored an important book on projective geometry. Here's a quiz based on Blaise Pascal. Let's play the quiz.

What was Blaise Pascal mainly known for being?

  • Dentist

  • Math Teacher

  • Inventor

  • Physician, Philosopher, and Mathematician

What is the Profession of Blaise Pascal?

  • Mathematician 

  • Physicist

  • Inventor

  • All of these

To whom did Pascal get married?

  • Maryanne

  • Etienna

  • Rose

  • Etienne

When was Pascal learned of Evangelista Torricelli's experimentation with barometers?

  • In 1645

  • In 1646

  • In 1647

  • In 1648

What is the height of Blaise Pascal?

  • 4 Feet , 2 Inches (Approx.)

  • 5 Feet , 2 Inches (Approx.)

  • 6 Feet, 2 Inches (Approx.)

  • 5 Feet, 11 Inches (Approx.)

What did the name of the calculator that Pascal invented?

  • Round

  • Pascaline

  • Texas Instrument

  • Vintage

What is the religion of Blaise Pascal?

  • Buddhist

  • Catholicism

  • Christianity

  • Methodist

When did Pascal write Essai pour les coniques?

  • In 1640

  • In 1636

  • In 1638

  • In 1635

How old was Blaise Pascal when he died?

  • 50 

  • 39

  • 49

  • 55

Where was Blaise Pascal born?

  • Paris

  • Marseille

  • Auvergne

  • Bordeaux

When was Blaise Pascal born?

  • June 19, 1623

  • July 20, 1623

  • August 21, 1623

  • September 22, 1623

Who was Blaise Pascal's father?

  • Étienne Pascal

  • Marguerite Périer

  • Louis Périer

  • None of these

Blaise Pascal was a child prodigy educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. What religion did he practice?

  • Anglican

  • Adventist

  • Catholic theologian

  • Renaissance

When did Blaise Pascal die?

  • July 18, 1661

  • August 19, 1662

  • September 20, 1663

  • October 21, 1664

Blaise Pascal laid the foundation for what?

  • The probability theory

  • The coefficient terms

  • The Jansenist doctrine

  • The vacuum theory

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